Still 1 cm at 40w1d :(

[JayhawkGirl]

Woo hoo!!! Hop on out baby bunny!

[Stingyshark]

December 10th is a great day to be born

[jene]

Good luck!

[piaffe]

Like they say over on ML imagine a flower budding. I hope it works for you sending good thoughts and prayers.

[osulori]

Dec 9, 2013 17:00:44 GMT -5 @bunnybean said:

I am getting induced! Cervidil starts tonight. She just didn't want an emergency c-section, which I get, but I still want to try vaginal first. I am currently in the hospital, so that's why I've been scarce!

You all are so great for checking in!

YAY INDUCTION!  Hope everything goes fabulously and I can't wait to see pics of baby Bunny  If you have time later and need anything, feel free to hit me up on FB.

[rainorshine]

Good luck tonight!

[earlgreyhot]

:::softopeningcervixdust:::

[rupertpenny]

Good luck @bunnybean!

[hillarywhitney]

Good luck!!

[adcobe]

Good luck!!!

[Deleted]

Good luck bunny!!!

[kristie]

Good luck! I have been checking for an update. Glad you got to try an induction. Hope everything goes smooth!

[bugandbibs]

Good luck, bunny!

[sake]

Dec 6, 2013 14:48:12 GMT -5 @bunnybean said:

My doctor booked the OR for a c-section for me on Monday. She's still "worried about my blood pressure" and saying that stillbirth goes way up as we wait longer. 

Baby looks great on the NST, great tracking and everything. My labs all reveal no pre-eclampsia. My bp started out high today at 140/76 (probably didn't help that I had McDonald's and a coke for breakfast), but went down to 129/69. She said there were too many risks to go much longer than 40.5 weeks for an even temporarily hypertensive mother.

I am wondering (as I think about it more) why I can't just be monitored more frequently? Every day, if she wants? I mean, this is major surgery. I would really, really, really like to avoid it.

I of course want my baby to get here safely, but I'm just not convinced there's anything here that says she isn't okay in there. Literally all we have are occasionally elevated blood pressures.

I'm just feeling kind of down about it.

I did everything I could to avoid a c-section, but ended up with one anyway. and after the fact, I wish I would have just scheduled it and gotten it over with. If i have another. I will definitely go that route. It's much less stressful. and i wouldn't have had to deal with a 36+ hour labor to end up with the same results. 
Plus, think of your baby... you don't want to end up with a still birth after all of this time, just to avoid a surgery that REALLY isn't all that bad. TRUST ME. I was freaking out and was a panic-y mess about the possibilty of a c0section, but it REALLY wasn't as bas as I had made it out to be in my mind.

[mannah]

Good luck!! Been thinking about you and sending you good open lovely positive thoughts!

[Deleted]

@sake, please go back and read the thread. Seriously. I am really biting my tongue right now.

[ErinExpat]

Bunny, glad to hear that you're proceeding with the induction.

Great news!

Hope you make solid progress and get to meet LO soon!

Sending prayers for a safe delivery and uncomplicated recovery.

[sake]

Dec 10, 2013 8:00:39 GMT -5 @callmefia said:

Dec 9, 2013 23:20:53 GMT -5 sake said:

I did everything I could to avoid a c-section, but ended up with one anyway. and after the fact, I wish I would have just scheduled it and gotten it over with. If i have another. I will definitely go that route. It's much less stressful. and i wouldn't have had to deal with a 36+ hour labor to end up with the same results. 
Plus, think of your baby... you don't want to end up with a still birth after all of this time, just to avoid a surgery that REALLY isn't all that bad. TRUST ME. I was freaking out and was a panic-y mess about the possibilty of a c0section, but it REALLY wasn't as bas as I had made it out to be in my mind.

Sake, I don't know that you've been following bunny's story, there is a lot more to it. And what you wrote isn't all that helpful or supportive, I can't even believe you wrote the bolded statement because I think you are usually so sweet. Of course she has the best interests for herself and her baby. C sections come with their own risks, and you guys have different complications/risk factors.

Listen, I wasn't trying to be a dick. I don't know the whole story, and of course she has the baby's best interest at heart. What I was so poorly trying to convey, is that wether we like it or not, a lot of times, doctors do know what is the safest thing to do, as far as delivery, etc. NO ONE wants to have a c-section, especially if that isn't how they have always thought their birth process would go. But I DO know that my doctor said the same thing, about the chance of still birth rising, the longer we waited, and that was enough to give the push to not fight being induced any longer, and go in to the hospital, knowing that if I was induced, I would most likely end up with a c-section. 
Again, I am not trying to say at all that she isn't thinking of her baby, but I'm sure (although I don't know the whole story) that her doctor also doesn't want anything bad to happen to the baby either. And she said in her OP that the doctor had advised about the risks of waiting longer with out taking action.

@bunnybean I am honestly very sorry for my post, it wasn't considerate, and It did come across as sounding like I thought you didn't have your baby's best interest at heart. I obviously don't think that's the case, and my point was poorly made. I am wishing you the best in your labor and delivery, whatever happens, and I hope that you enjoy snuggling that sweet little baby of yours! 

[sonrisa]

Go, bunny go! I hope you meet your child soon.

[Deleted]

Dec 10, 2013 10:17:21 GMT -5 sake said:

Dec 10, 2013 8:00:39 GMT -5 @callmefia said:

Sake, I don't know that you've been following bunny's story, there is a lot more to it. And what you wrote isn't all that helpful or supportive, I can't even believe you wrote the bolded statement because I think you are usually so sweet. Of course she has the best interests for herself and her baby. C sections come with their own risks, and you guys have different complications/risk factors.

Listen, I wasn't trying to be a dick. I don't know the whole story, and of course she has the baby's best interest at heart. What I was so poorly trying to convey, is that wether we like it or not, a lot of times, doctors do know what is the safest thing to do, as far as delivery, etc. NO ONE wants to have a c-section, especially if that isn't how they have always thought their birth process would go. But I DO know that my doctor said the same thing, about the chance of still birth rising, the longer we waited, and that was enough to give the push to not fight being induced any longer, and go in to the hospital, knowing that if I was induced, I would most likely end up with a c-section. 
Again, I am not trying to say at all that she isn't thinking of her baby, but I'm sure (although I don't know the whole story) that her doctor also doesn't want anything bad to happen to the baby either. And she said in her OP that the doctor had advised about the risks of waiting longer with out taking action.

@bunnybean I am honestly very sorry for my post, it wasn't considerate, and It did come across as sounding like I thought you didn't have your baby's best interest at heart. I obviously don't think that's the case, and my point was poorly made. I am wishing you the best in your labor and delivery, whatever happens, and I hope that you enjoy snuggling that sweet little baby of yours! 

I agree with Merida on this one. We cannot go around recommending people jump into C-sections just because we might have had an experience that was less than pleasant and ended up needing them anyway. Plus, scare tactics as a way of going straight to surgery when delivering vaginally is still a possiblity is not medically sound and is just plain bad advice. I'm sorry your previous experience worked out that way, but you might want to reconsider how you give advice on certain situations.

Sorry, I know you apologized, but I felt really strongly about what you said and still needed to reply to it. I really don't want to beat a dead horse

[Deleted]

Bunny, hope you are holding your baby right now!

[JayhawkGirl]

Yes! I hope baby is here or you're well on your way through labor.

[sake]

Dec 10, 2013 12:59:41 GMT -5 @myblue said:

Dec 10, 2013 10:17:21 GMT -5 sake said:

Listen, I wasn't trying to be a dick. I don't know the whole story, and of course she has the baby's best interest at heart. What I was so poorly trying to convey, is that wether we like it or not, a lot of times, doctors do know what is the safest thing to do, as far as delivery, etc. NO ONE wants to have a c-section, especially if that isn't how they have always thought their birth process would go. But I DO know that my doctor said the same thing, about the chance of still birth rising, the longer we waited, and that was enough to give the push to not fight being induced any longer, and go in to the hospital, knowing that if I was induced, I would most likely end up with a c-section. 
Again, I am not trying to say at all that she isn't thinking of her baby, but I'm sure (although I don't know the whole story) that her doctor also doesn't want anything bad to happen to the baby either. And she said in her OP that the doctor had advised about the risks of waiting longer with out taking action.

@bunnybean I am honestly very sorry for my post, it wasn't considerate, and It did come across as sounding like I thought you didn't have your baby's best interest at heart. I obviously don't think that's the case, and my point was poorly made. I am wishing you the best in your labor and delivery, whatever happens, and I hope that you enjoy snuggling that sweet little baby of yours! 

I agree with Merida on this one. We cannot go around recommending people jump into C-sections just because we might have had an experience that was less than pleasant and ended up needing them anyway. Plus, scare tactics as a way of going straight to surgery when delivering vaginally is still a possiblity is not medically sound and is just plain bad advice. I'm sorry your previous experience worked out that way, but you might want to reconsider how you give advice on certain situations.

Sorry, I know you apologized, but I felt really strongly about what you said and still needed to reply to it. I really don't want to beat a dead horse

well I'm glad that you got the opportunity to say what you felt needed to be said.

[osulori]

No news on FB yet either! (not that I would share any details if there were, I'm just saying no news elsewhere on the interwebs.) C'monnnnn baby Bunny!

[natablue]

I just saw the update in this thread from yesterday, hope everything is going great and baby bunny is here soon!